Rhode Island General Laws 33-6-27. Contribution by pretermitted issue to payment of debts
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When a posthumous child, or a child, or the issue of a child, omitted in the testator‘s will, takes under § 33-6-23 a portion of the estate of a testator, that portion of the estate shall, for all purposes of § 33-6-25 and § 33-6-26, be considered as if it had been devised or bequeathed to that child or other descendant; and he or she shall be bound to contribute with the devisees and legatees, and shall be entitled to claim contribution from them, as provided in § 33-6-25 and § 33-6-26.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 27; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 27; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 27; P.L. 1931, ch. 1754, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 26; G.L. 1956, § 33-6-27.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 33-6-27
- Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.